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I have went to an event in MT this summer, where one young handler had to be maybe 6 was running his own dog, a pretty wild young & big dog in started. A very small young man, his dad asked the judges " well I can't hold the dog, but can I hold the kid?" the judges said sure. Pretty funny to watch a kid double handed hold on to a collar and a dad holding on to the kids belt, but they managed to keep the dog on the line, I wonder if anyone got a picture of that, great teamwork

Last edited by Hunt'EmUp; 11-09-2012 at 01:25 PM.

"They's Just DAWGS"; "I train dogs, Not papers"
"Hunting is a skill to be learned whether you do it early or late it still needs to be learned"

I say go for it, your son will love training and running a test with his dog. But be prepared for failure. Having judged young kids in hunt tests, I have had to fail some because the dog could not do the work. As adults, we sometimes take it hard when we fail a test, but young kids can take it a lot harder.

Well today was the day. My son has trained very hard for the last couple of week preparing for his first strated hunt test. Last sunday after a great day of training his dog came into Heat. Needless to say he was heartbroken. Thanks to a good friend and trainer we have spent coutless hours with, we were able to run another dog. He ran started today at West TN HRC in Alamo,Tn. We got 2 passes and a ribbon. I must say none of this would have been remotly possible without the time, help and dedication Mike Cox from River Bluff Rerievers has shown my son. As I promiced in november i am going to try to post some pics.

I hate to hear his dog came into heat,I feel sorry for the little man. I can only imagine how excited he was to run his dog only to have that happen. Thats kind of a sad ending to this story. Looks like he still had fun though and thats all that matters. Congrats to you both!

I absolutely LOVE to see a young man or young woman come to the line to run a test. They are the FUTURE. It is hard as a judge not to try to help them out. BUT even after they have had a hard time with their pup encourage them,,,,a few KIND words go a long way. If their DAWG smacks the test .......encourage them..... we NEED to have more youngsters playing our DAWG GAMES........ The Junior Handler program is one thing I like to sign off on ...

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